US Plant Patent PP13158

Free Salmon

Geranium plant named ‘Free Salmon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 22, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 27, 2021. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP13158
Filed: July 27, 2001
Granted: October 29, 2002
Expires: August 22, 2021
Assignee: GOLDSMITH PLANTS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by green foliage, salmon flower color, and semi-double flowers on large umbels, fast rooting and exhibits vigorous growth.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant as shown and described herein.

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